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All of Marilyn’s “The Least of HIS in Kenya” photos, which were at Brendan's 101 in March, are in Photo Mart, and they are all for sale. Proceeds will help to buy books and school and art supplies for the needy children in Kenya that we'll be visiting during our four months there.
St. John Bosco Traditional Dancers, performing a Turkana Folk Song. View.
Nambale Magnet School. View.
Evalyn Wakhusama, receiving the Yale Divinity School Lux et Veritas Award. View.
St. John Bosco Children's Centre in Kitale prevents orphans and vulnerable children from going to the streets by placing them in schools and keeping them in close contact with their families.
Ripples International runs a number of programs in and around Meru. These include HIV/AIDS intervention activities with full VCT (voluntary counseling and testing); care and support for orphans and vulnerable children; child sponsorship programs; and centres for abandoned babies and defiled girls.
City of Hope in Tanzania provides a home for 95 children, and includes a school, a church and a soon to open hospital for the community.
Fr. Francis Riwa in Meru is helping 700 children through his Hospitality Centre, St. Francis Boys' School and St. Clares Girls’ School, where they finish their primary school education with grades at the top of the list for all schools in the Diocese of Meru. Visit the media section of the website and listen to "African Streets" and "Who Will Help the Children", two songs written especially for the project.
Nyumbani operates several programs. HIV+ children are given the best nutritional, medical, psychological, academic and spiritual care available and live at the Children's Home in Karen until they become self-reliant. Lea Toto provides at home support for HIV+ children in the Kangemi slum of Nairobi. The Village in Kitui provides a family-like setting for orphaned children under the stewardship of "grandparents".
Shepherds of Life empowers the able members of the community to care for the vulnerable members within the same community. Their programs include child sponsorship, HIV/ Aids support, vocational training, social support, and internship and volunteership.
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